| For many women, they have suffered years of | | | | This got her thinking, of course, and so we could |
| painful periods, literally dreading the day each | | | | not wait for the next month to try it out again. |
| month when the cramps begin, knowing that they | | | | She was, by then, still in her detox-from-wheat |
| will feel awful, with not only a terrible bellyache, | | | | phase and generally eating lighter meals. But she |
| but also bloating and irritability. For a week or 10 | | | | also made a conscious effort to clear out the |
| days each time, this is the plight of an awful lot of | | | | intestines in the week leading up to her period, |
| women. I detect many nods of agreement from | | | | just using nature's way, e.g. eating prunes, taking |
| women everywhere. | | | | some tablespoons of olive oil and having other |
| Although most women take pain-killers and just | | | | fruits as well. And avoiding eating too much meat. |
| get on with it, some are completely incapacitated. | | | | Lo and behold, she could not believe there was no |
| I mean, it shouldn't be happening in this day and | | | | pain again! It had worked for a second time. |
| age, should it? | | | | This was just too exciting to keep quiet about, as |
| Here's the background to what we have | | | | she had, as millions of women regularly do, |
| discovered about how to avoid this most horrible | | | | suffered pain and horrible discomfort every |
| of complaints from occurring with dreadful | | | | month for her entire adult life! |
| regularity each month. | | | | The other really surprising and wonderful thing |
| A friend had noticed that the pain was particularly | | | | was that she didn't get the usual bloating either. |
| bad after eating certain foods. After eating curry, | | | | So could the wheat be the cause of the bloating, |
| for example (one of her favorites), she would be | | | | we were wondering? |
| up all night sitting on the loo with cramps and | | | | I know wheat can cause well documented |
| wanting to go. It seemed like the intestines were | | | | problems, like zinc and selenium deficiencies, and |
| cramping up against what was inside them, i.e. the | | | | people do report feeling bloated after eating bread |
| food that had been eaten that evening. The | | | | and pasta and the like, but we certainly didn't |
| cramping would continue on for two or three | | | | realize it would be the cause of this terrible |
| days at least. | | | | feeling, like you've got cement in your intestines |
| Pain-killers would help for 3 or 4 hours, but then | | | | by the end of the period. |
| their effect would wear off. And they did nothing | | | | Exercise, of course, has been widely reported to |
| for that bloated feeling. She would always end up | | | | help with painful periods. Could this be because it |
| feeling like Mr Blobby, like there was a brick in her | | | | helps with moving food through the gut? |
| lower intestines. This happened every month, | | | | So our advice would be to eat prunes, grapes, |
| whether she had been eating curry or not. Other | | | | figs, whatever does it for you, and to eat lighter |
| 'heavy' or greasy foods had just the same effect. | | | | meals in the days leading up to your period, |
| One month, that time came around again, with | | | | avoiding wheat and too much meat (and dairy if |
| dreadful inevitability, but at the time she was in | | | | you can stand it), and you may find it makes a |
| the process of 'clearing out' or detoxing from her | | | | big difference! And by eating small, light meals |
| usual diet. It wasn't a strict diet or anything, but | | | | once the period starts, you can almost test what |
| just eating less food and avoiding foods that she | | | | effect the particular food is going to have on |
| knew made her feel tired and bloated (wheat | | | | your intestines/cramps before you eat too much |
| mostly, plus milk). Note, it's not a good idea to cut | | | | of it. |
| out more than one food at a time, otherwise you | | | | Don't overdo the 'clearing out' though making |
| might be overdoing the detox and end up feeling | | | | yourself ill. One easy step at a time would be our |
| terrible, with possible colds and 'flu. | | | | advice. Maybe not everyone is affected by |
| So this month, because of the lighter diet, her | | | | 'wheat intolerance', and it is not easy to cut out a |
| stools were soft and she had been 'evacuating' | | | | food which has formed such a large part of our |
| her bowels (if that is not too graphic) two or | | | | diets, but it is well worth giving it a go. |
| three times a day in the days just preceding her | | | | You can find out what really makes you tick with |
| period. So when it came to the dreaded time, she | | | | these ancient techniques that have been around |
| found to her delight and amazement there wasn't | | | | for eons in the East but which have been buried, |
| really any pain. Well, not like usual anyway. She | | | | by science, in the West. Yet, they are more a |
| would get odd twinges but that was it. She could | | | | science than just a mystical belief, being based on |
| not quite believe it. Obviously she had avoided the | | | | the teachings of the mathematician and |
| curries beforehand too, but had eaten fairly | | | | philosopher, Pythagoras. It will tell you more about |
| normally, other than eating more lightly and | | | | yourself than anything else you've ever known, |
| avoiding wheat products and dairy. So it seems | | | | and help in choosing the right path for you. Why |
| that because there was nothing in the lower | | | | live life without it? |
| intestines for the body to cramp up against, there | | | | "Start having the greatest love affair you ever |
| was little or no pain. | | | | had ... with your Self". |